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Circa: 1900
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Height – 10 3/4" Width – 6 1/4"
Manufacturer: A.G. Comings & Sons
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This is a wonderfully detailed, antique Victorian, hand-colored, sepia-tone print of Archangel Gabriel. This piece was originally painted by famous artist, Melozzo da Forli. Gabriel's graceful movements come alive in this print. Lovely, complimentary, gold-painted wood frame with decorative banding of marbled trim color. Original paper backing has some tearing. The original art dealers stamp on paper backing reads "A.G. Comings & Son, Photo Goods Artistic Framing, 37 W. College St., Oberlin, Ohio". Original wire hanger and glass. This piece is in excellent original condition, except for a very tiny dark spot on Gabriel's arm - (see photo). Circa 1900.
Gabriel is the most beloved of all members of the heavenly host and also one of the highest ranked of all angels. An interesting detail is the tradition that Gabriel is the angel of birth, carefully spending the nine months of pregnancy watching over each unborn child and instructing it on the necessary knowledge of heaven that is an inherent part of all people. Just before birth, though, he touches the baby on the upper lip to make it unable to remember all the information about heaven until it returns to the spiritual state of death;the sign of Gabriel's touch is the cleft just below the nose. Also, Gabriel is called the angel of truth and his symbol is that of the lily, as seen in this print. |
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